TecHeat rids flour plant of pesky bugs — without chemicals

The challenge to the customer

During a routine check of the planted pheromone traps, the
sanitation engineer of a pasta plant was concerned with the large
amounts of flour beetles that were captured. Knowing that if the
numbers on the traps were this great then surely the pests had also
infested the grain bins, storage tanks, sifters, motors and other
appliances, he immediately put a plan into action.

Aggreko's solution

Aggreko was contacted and a new 1120kW heat-treatment unit was
loaded up and delivered to the plant. Our technician carefully set
up the unit to the customer's specification and within 24 hours was
fully operational. From the computer in the unit's air-conditioned
control room, the technician was able to comfortably monitor the
temperature in the facility as it rose to 130°F (54.4°C).

The benefits to the customer

Twelve hours later, the TecHeat application was complete and the
sanitation engineer again surveyed the facility, this time very
pleased with what he saw - dead bugs everywhere and no chemical
residue.